AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank
Posted by admin | Posted in World | Posted on 07-03-2010
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New Delhi: India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank and other agencies said Sunday. New Delhi spends about 5 percent of its $5.4 billion healthcare budget on treating AIDS patients. India with 2.5 million patients is among the top three countries with the highest number of HIV…
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